Bertrand Russell Quotes
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I know politics and politicians are hated, but I still believe in goodness of a heart that has selfless intentions. With the grace of God, I will make a difference.
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With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.
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When I was 14, I was a passenger in a terrible accident.
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I want to toy around with producing a Broadway show.
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I work all the time. I never leave home. I mean, I just stay honed in on what's ahead.
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I work hard, I make my own living and I love it. I like having financial independence.
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Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.
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We begin to see, therefore, the importance of selecting our environment with the greatest of care, because environment is the mental feeding ground out of which the food that goes into our minds is extracted.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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Fortunately, I don't spend too much time reading or worrying about what people have to say, but the goal for me throughout this whole process - throughout my whole life - is to try to be happy.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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People come up to me in bars and on street corners and they say to me, 'Hey, Paulsen, have you got any change?'
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Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there.
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I used to a lot. I used to go dancing.
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Well the basic thesis is that there's a god in heaven who is all powerful who wants to help people. And that - he will answer prayer, and does miraculous things in people's lives. And so I've documented some of these wonderful things.
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Individual potential of life is cosmic potential. Individual is divine deep inside. Transcendental experience awakens that divinity in man. And when you kill a man you deprive him of that birthright of it.
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I train to fight, to win.
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Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.
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I'm the true definition of a workaholic.
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Once the inspiration comes, that directs where the perspiration goes.
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The U.K. crowds always have a lot of energy, and I've done some milestone shows there that I'm very proud of.
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Soundgarden was incredibly democratic, and I was really proud of that. I felt like we got along better than most bands we toured with and most people we knew. And at the same time, when you're that democratic and concerned with each other's opinions, you're always concerned with what the other people think.
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Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.
